Court of Appeals Judge Debra Bernes passed away Tuesday after a two-year battle with cancer. She was 54.

At one point in my life, I might have been dismayed that I sometimes have to use a wheelchair, that I sometimes have to use a walker, and that I sometimes walk with a limp. But I have come to realize that whatever my means of locomotion, the important fact is that I am moving forward.

She will be missed as a professional and as a person. Our prayers go out to her family.